@article{9f69e6253fd2489faecd75d6582263d7,
title = "A new approach to measuring technology with an application to the shape of the diffusion curves",
abstract = "This paper documents the sources and measures of the cross-country historical adoption technology (CHAT) data set that covers the diffusion of about 115 technologies in over 150 countries over the last 200 years. We use this comprehensive data set to explore the shape of the diffusion curves. Our main finding is that, once the intensive margin is measured, technologies do not diffuse in a logistic way.",
keywords = "Cross-country studies, Technology adoption",
author = "Diego Comin and Bart Hobijn and Emilie Rovito",
note = "Funding Information: The views expressed in this paper solely reflect those of the authors and not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, nor those of the Federal Reserve System as a whole. We would like to thank Erick Gong and Ana Maria Santacreu for their excellent research assistance. This project has benefited from the interaction with Fernando Alvarez, Jess Benhabib, John Coleman, Doug Gollin, Robert Evenson, Boyan Jovanovic, Sam Kortum, Greg Mankiw, Francisco Morris, Ed Prescott and an anonymous referee. We also appreciate the financial assistance of the NSF (Grant # SES-0517910) and of the C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics.",
year = "2008",
month = apr,
doi = "10.1007/s10961-007-9079-2",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "33",
pages = "187--207",
journal = "Journal of Technology Transfer",
issn = "0892-9912",
publisher = "Kluwer Academic Publishers",
number = "2",
}